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Charlotte Mint Gold - $1842-C $2 1/2

WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Picked this up recently and sent to PCGS... good news, authentic and AU details... bad news small rim dent on obverse below and left of 1 in date kept it from grading AU50-55. Has all the eye appeal of a nice AU coin and the dent is hardly noticeable unless you're looking for it. Properly graded however, there is a rim dent. ' Still a very rare coin... only about 200 known.

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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really like the date and have a nice XF40 CAC in my collection. It is one of the hardest Charlotte QE's to find with any degree of eye appeal.

    Looks like the coin in the OP might have had a little processing from the pictures... To bad the rim is damaged.

    Edit: Can't help but post my 42-C...

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This should have been posted on the BST...

    Since this is already on your site for sale posting here is considered spam.
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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    WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not advertising the coin for sale here but if posting is a breach of protocol, I will not do so again.
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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm not seeing this as SPAM. I would never had known it was for sale.

    Latin American Collection

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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭


    << <i>I'm not seeing this as SPAM. I would never had known it was for sale. >>



    Typically any coin that is actively being offered for sale shouldn't be posted except on the BST. While a grey area, the intent is to drum up interest and hope someone finds it's listing. Even if that is not the OP real purpose that is what people will think which will quickly discredit the poster locally here at least.
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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that's a rare coin for sure! the rim damage isn't that bad. this coin looks like it had some spectacular coloration before someone cleaned it.
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    AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think old Gold with "Details" grades should not have the same stigma as other Details Coins.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,419 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm not seeing this as SPAM. I would never had known it was for sale. >>

    agreed with.
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    GeorgeKelloggGeorgeKellogg Posts: 1,251 ✭✭
    The coin is rare in any grade and is the rarest Charlotte quarter eagle in high grade, according to Doug Winter's Third Edition of Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint. The thread title should be corrected to indicate a C mint mark.
    "Clamorous for Coin"
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    renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't think it's SPAM any way you look at it.

    Educational, that's what it is.

    For sale elsewhere? Not relevant.

    Empty Nest Collection

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is no doubt a scarce coin, but I agree with PCGS that rim damage is a little too significant to ignore. Charlotte quarter eagles are as a group very scarce coins, and this date is among the toughest. While I can understand calling the sharpness grade "AU" I'm on the hunt for the really high end AUs, and the surfaces on this piece would fall short for me.

    As for "spam" claims, I really don't care about that. If I can learn something about a coin from the advertising that used to sell it, I can over the commercialism very easily. Some the best references around are old auction catalogs from the major sales conducted and written by top notch auctioneers like Q. David Bowers.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This should have been posted on the BST...

    Since this is already on your site for sale posting here is considered spam. >>



    And who made up these rules, you and a few other self-appointed forum cops ? ! ? !
    Or is there a rule book that I haven't seen other than the pasty at the top?

    I mean . . . no where in the original thread is it mentioned that this coin is for sale . . .

    HH
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    1947-P & D; 1948-D; 1949-P & S; 1950-D & S; and 1952-S.
    Any help locating any of these OBW rolls would be gratefully appreciated!
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I'm not seeing this as SPAM. I would never had known it was for sale. >>



    Typically any coin that is actively being offered for sale shouldn't be posted except on the BST. While a grey area, the intent is to drum up interest and hope someone finds it's listing. Even if that is not the OP real purpose that is what people will think which will quickly discredit the poster locally here at least. >>



    I'm glad someone else sees it as the US Coin Forum is for show-n-tell not show-n-sell.

    One of the unwritten rules of proper etiquette or conduct on this forum since I've been a member has been...

    If you have a coin that's already listed for sale somewhere or your getting ready to sell shortly do not promote on the US Coin Forum as that's spam.



    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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    TookybanditTookybandit Posts: 3,424 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice one! Glad you posted it, super cool! image
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    ahopewell55ahopewell55 Posts: 276 ✭✭
    Not spam. There's no offer to sell the coin. Not all of us wade through every link posted.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not spam. There's no offer to sell the coin. Not all of us wade through every link posted. >>



    That is true. I rarely look at the buy and sell page. Sorry, but I tend to form relationships with a limited number of dealers when it comes to postage and on-line purchases. I'll buy from just about anybody at a show (sight - seen basis), but I've had too many instances of where the seller was trying sell something "to see if it will stick" which is a waste of both of our times.

    I had no idea that this item was on the buy and sell page, and from my perspective, I really don't care.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice piece of old gold...thanks...Cheers, RickO
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    DeepCoinDeepCoin Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭
    I read this thread and had NO idea the coin was for sale initially!! All the OP said was he sent it into PCGS. Well, what do I do with coins... send them in. I LIKE seeing pictures of old gold and the fact it may be for sale somewhere is not mentioned. I think that some people are getting WAY too sensitive about what might be for sale, but is not explicitly stated.

    Just my two cents....
    Retired United States Mint guy, now working on an Everyman Type Set.
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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭

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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Not spam. There's no offer to sell the coin. Not all of us wade through every link posted. >>



    That is true. I rarely look at the buy and sell page. Sorry, but I tend to form relationships with a limited number of dealers when it comes to postage and on-line purchases. I'll buy from just about anybody at a show (sight - seen basis), but I've had too many instances of where the seller was trying sell something "to see if it will stick" which is a waste of both of our times.

    I had no idea that this item was on the buy and sell page, and from my perspective, I really don't care. >>



    Just because you don't see a problem with it or click every little link doesn't have any impact of the etiquette system of the online era. What do you think the board would do if a big time dealer posted a coin from on their site talking about how cool and rare and under graded it is. With a link in their sigline to a place why you could buy said amazing, cool and rare under graded master piece. Could any of us see
    CRO doing this?
    Legend?
    Greatcollections?

    While not the biggest of infractions it isn't that classy of one either.

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